From: Barbara Nichols [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, November 14, 1998 6:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [SCLAUREN-L] Found: Original Civil War Discharge Paper >> >> I don't know how to get this posted nation-wide. But, I would like to >> see this original document returned to a member of the original >> family. My mother-in-law bought a picture frame at an estate sale in >> Tucson, AZ. When she took the picture out and removed the cardboard >> from behind it, a very delicate, old, and yellowed piece of paper fell >> out. This is a summary of what was written and readable on the paper: >> =========================================== >> Civil War Discharge Paper >> For: Mark CROSBY, Jr. >> Private, Company B, 16th Regiment >> Union Army >> >From Yarmouth, Massachussetts >> Entered service in 1860 and left service 1864 >> Marked Paid and signed by B. McCONNELL >> >> Description: >> 5 ft. 3 inches, gray eyes, dark curly hair. >> He was a clerk in the Union Army. >> >> Entered in the Auditors records on July 26, 1870 >> This document bears the Union Crest. >> ================================================= >> >> Help me post this for others to read. If you know someone who might >> be interested in this document, please E-Mail a reply to my inquiry. >> >> A life is not lost when it is known to future generations. Help me >> keep Mark CROSBY, Jr. alive for his family. >> >> Forward this message to anywhere you think might help. >> >> Happy Hunting! >> Nancy J. Smith >> [email protected] - ------------------------------ End of SANFORD-D Digest V98 Issue #129 ************************************** --------------9DD674A6C9DBE73B72750CB4--